William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA · Public34.1%
Acceptance rate
1,458
SAT Average
$22,529
Avg net price
6,949
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 1,899Master’s 857Doctoral 277 |
| Bachelor’s 376Master’s 5Doctoral 3 |
| Bachelor’s 243Master’s 445Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 222Master’s 25Doctoral 11 |
| Bachelor’s 174Master’s 22Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 141Master’s 16Doctoral 5 |
| Bachelor’s 126Master’s 9Doctoral 5 |
| Bachelor’s 122Master’s 12Doctoral 6 |
| Bachelor’s 110Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 107Master’s 5Doctoral 6 |
| Bachelor’s 65Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 56Master’s 90Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 42Master’s 18Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 34Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 30Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 19Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 17Master’s 2Doctoral 8 |
| Bachelor’s 15Master’s 197Doctoral 34 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 11Doctoral 199 |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Coastal Athletic Association
Projected sponsored sports23
Athletic participation
543 unique student-athletes · 19 varsity teams
Early Decision I
Binding · FAFSA, CSS Profile due Nov 15 · FAFSA, CSS Profile due Dec 12
Early Decision II
Binding · FAFSA, CSS Profile due Jan 15 · FAFSA, CSS Profile due Mar 1
Regular Decision
FAFSA, CSS Profile due Feb 1 · FAFSA, CSS Profile due Mar 1
· Apply with Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $18,709
- Required fees
- $7,205
- Food and housing
- $16,182
- Books and supplies
- $1,050
- Other expenses
- $2,460
- Total
- $45,606
- $39,5952019–2019–20
- $40,0342020–2120–21
- $40,6242021–2221–22
- $41,1182022–2322–23
- $43,0352023–2423–24
- $45,6062024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $22,529 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid and paid in-state tuition.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 33%
- Average share of need met
- 82%
- Average need-based grant
- $22,933
- Required forms
- FAFSA and CSS Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from William & Mary’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
William & Mary admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
William & Mary runs two binding Early Decision rounds. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. William & Mary withholds applicants and admits by residency, so in-state, out-of-state, and international admit odds can't be computed.
Enrolled first-years by geography
1,639 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Feb 15. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT and an ACT, down from 19% in 2021–22.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
48% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
14% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 30% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
High-school class rank
Among the 30% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
William & Mary rates 11 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Class rank
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Recommendation(s)
- Very important
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Very important
- Talent / ability
- Very important
- Character / personal qualities
- Very important
- State residency
- Very important
- Volunteer work
- Very important
- Work experience
- Very important
- Interview
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
William & Mary leaves 2 Common Data Set answers blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the residency split, there’s no way to see whether admit rates shift for out-of-state or international applicants.
Without the GPA spread, a family can’t see where their transcript lands within the class.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7) · Early Decision applicants & admits (C21) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
William & Mary's net price after grant aid, by family income. of first-years received need-based aid. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $22,529 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 528 of 1,613 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. William & Mary reports institutional aid is not available to international students.
William & Mary admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
94.6% of William & Mary’s first-years return for a second year and 91% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03